Armed Man Robs Her Outside Office In Hollywood

After being robbed and carjacked at gunpoint, she's now joined the company of Mayor Mara Giulianti, whose purse was stolen at a gas station in April.

Police say the incident occurred right after Samara Bober pulled into the couple's law offices at Tyler Street and 19th Avenue on Friday.

While she was getting out of her Volvo SUV, a man threatened her with a gun and asked for her jewelry, said Capt. Tony Rode, a police spokesman. He said the man took the jewelry, her purse and keys and fled in the SUV.

Peter Bober said his wife was not hurt.

"She's still shaken up, but she's OK. She's trying to get back to normal," he said. Moments after the incident, which occurred before 2 p.m., police spotted the vehicle on Interstate 95 and chased it into a dead-end street near I-95 and Hollywood Boulevard, authorities said.

The purse and the man's gun were found on the SUV's floorboard, but the thief kept Samara Bober's credit cards and wedding ring.

Police said they believe the man fled through a side road.

They used a helicopter and police dog to search for the man, who vanished in a residential neighborhood, but they did not find him.

In the Giulianti case, the mayor was buying gas in the 2700 block of Stirling Road when a man stepped out of a minivan, opened the driver-side door of her white Mercedes Benz, grabbed her purse from the car's front passenger seat and fled, authorities said.

Police officials have said criminals have been targeting people for robberies and burglaries at gas stations throughout Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

Thomas Monnay can be reached at tmonnay@sun-sentinel.com or 954-385-7924.